DeJoy must go, Joe

[orangecrush]

In the name of all that's holy, please show this trump fool the door.

[Mystery sage]

1. Agreed he has lost our trust he must be banished

[dalton99a]

2. The criminal scumbag is acting like he is postmaster for life

[Blue Owl]

3. He was 'installed' for one reason only:

To throw the election for tRump. Get this fucker outta here.

[dansolo]

4. No, he was installed for other reasons

He was installed to wreck the USPS. He has done a lot more damage than mess with the election. Focusing on that aspect is counterproductive because he will never be convicted for tampering with the election, because you will never prove intent. However, he can and should be convicted for destroying all of the mail sorting machines.

[orangecrush]

11. Agree 100%

[CaptainTruth]

5. He will. How long has Biden been in office?

I'm not sure DeJoy is the #1 most important thing Joe needs to work on right now, but I'm confident he will get to it.

Personally, I'd like it if thousands of Americans weren't dying every day.

[SheltieLover]

6. Lock him up!

[scarletwoman]

7. It has been pointed out numerous times on DU that Biden CAN'T fire DeJoy directly.

The Postmaster General is nominated by the Postal Service Board of Governors. Only they can fire him - and as of now, all of those currently serving on this Board were installed by Trump.

However, Biden CAN nominate new Board members, and that process has begun. See: Biden administration is in the process of vetting candidates to nominate to serve on the USPS Board

[orangecrush]

12. Thank you.

As long as it gets done.

[Lonestarblue]

15. The Senate has to confirm the nominees to the USPS Board.

Given how slow they have been to act on Biden’s major appointments like the Attorney General, it could be months before the Senate finally gets around to the USPS Board nominees. I understand that the impeachment trial has just ended, but this would seem to be a matter of some importance also. Meanwhile DeJoy has full power to wreck the USPS. Once the businesses that have long relied on the USPS have forged new contracts with other vendors to receive inventory or mail products to customers, that business may be lost for years. The USPS cannot survive on first-class mail. It needs package deliveries, and DeJoy’s deliberate slowdown is jeopardizing that business. How much time does he need to make it difficult to recover at all?

[Jetheels]

17. Meanwhile, can't DeJoy's office be relocated to the middle of nowhere,

Like trump did so people would just quit their jobs.

[iluvtennis]

8. It looks like Biden can do get rid of DeJoy by filling 3 vacancies on the USPS Board of Governors.

Robert Reich@RBReich·3h
Louis DeJoy is still postmaster because he can only be fired by the USPS Board of Governors. The current Board consists of two Democrats and four Republicans. But there are three vacancies.

To save the postal service, Biden must fill those vacancies and send DeJoy packing.

Link to tweet

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Make it so, Joe.

[LymphocyteLover]

9. No Trump donor should have such an important position

not to mention an apparent criminal

[rickyhall]

21. Should be illegal.

[ancianita]

10. A while back, Joe already said he's refilling the USPS board and that they'll handle the firing.

Now he's got the Congressional input, it should happen fairly soon, I hope.

[orangecrush]

14. Thank you!

[ancianita]

16. Sure! Here's one source from a month ago, and there are likely others.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/02/17/80-house-democrats-tell-biden-to-fill-postal-service-board-vacancies-in-order-to-oust-louis-dejoy/?sh=2629bdec5542

Easy-peasy Joe is ON it!

[orangecrush]

24. Very cool!

[judesedit]

13. Please lose DeJoy

[bringthePaine]

18. sooner is better, like howzabout last August?...

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. That should have been a Day One job.

Is there some procedural reason it's taking so long?

[slumcamper]

20. Yes, he knows. Patience, Grasshopper.

We are in the 35th full day of this administration. Pandemic aside, and domestic terrorist insurrection and ongoing threat aside, the enormity of work to do to salvage and set straight our institutional system defies comprehension.

Take heart... a change with the USPS Board of Governors is underway:

[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/24/dejoy-hearing-usps-live-updates/#link-6CTKIUPGPZCRLKIPBL2ZQAFVO4|

We'll get there. But mail-in voting is also under assault in over half the states. IMHO, that's an even more monumental battle we must fight and win.

[marble falls]

22. No doubt. I bet he's gone before the date he planned on.

[George II]

23. My understanding is that he can only be fired by the Board of the USPS. Unfortunately....

....the current Board is all republican. In 2016 President Obama nominated five people to the Board, but one Senator put a hold on their confirmation. That enabled trump to fill the vacancies in 2017.